Discovered the mysterious 'ghost tribe' in West Africa

The fossilized remains discovered in West Africa are startling scientists when perhaps an extinct ancient mysterious tribe may have married the first West Africans.

A research team at the University of California (Los Angeles, USA) analyzed the genetic code of fossilized remains in Africa and found it in the DNA genome of some ethnic groups currently living in Sierra Leone, Nigeria. and Benin has from 2 to 19% of the genes of strangers.

The ancestors of modern West Africans were married to an undiscovered ancient human species.

They believe this combination occurred about 43,000 years ago and temporarily referred to this mysterious ethnic group as the "ghost tribe" , according to Science Advances.

This means that the ancestors of modern West Africans were married to an undiscovered ancient human race, similar to the way ancient Europeans mate with Neanderthals.

This new finding shed more light on how ancient homininis were added to the genetic variation of today's Africans, which are not yet well understood by scientists, although this is a diverse continent. most transmitted on Earth.

Sriram Sankararaman - head of the research team at the University of California in Los Angeles, USA - said this is the best evidence sheds light on the complexity of the evolution of the modern human genome.

He believes that more such groups of people will be found in the future if advanced science is to capture more gene data from different human populations.

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